Here is hoping and praying this conversion comes to past.
Thank you for posting this. I am pinging a few people who will also appreciate it.
The weakling turncoats, Hagel and Warner, ought to receive thousands of copies of this excellent piece. At least Warner has the excuse of dotage. Hagel has none. To be on the same side as the Bush-haters...Pelosi, Murtha, Kennedy, Reid et al...shows a severe lack of character and judgment.
Ditto.
But at least there won't be a lot of bloodshed, since the Democrats plan to disarm us at the first available opportunity.
He stood there alone and spoke eloquently to a Congress, to a nation, of spoiled brats.
Too true! President Bush has my unwavering support!
I very much appreciate you posting this. My morning is that much brighter because I was prevented from watching the speech. I had to endure the aftermath, however, and it has been disconcerting in the extreme to read and listen to people who cannot be better described than as vengeful spoiled brats who need nothing so much as a swift kick.
It always bears remembering: human society will ALWAYS degenerate into such a congeries of brats because success will ALWAYS breed complacency and lassitude. Humans simply don't work any other way.
What I hope and pray is that the coming lesson will be salutory, not desctructive. On the lessons of history I deeply fear that the latter is the more probable and I will fight to ensure it is the former. What I saw from the President's speech is that he is firmly determined in precisely the same direction with precisely the same apprehensions. That's just one of the reasons I cherish and venerate him as a great leader and a good and honorable man.
A Horatio at the Bridge, in God's name.
He may fumble his speeches and trust too much in incompetent subordinates, but by mid-2009 I expect we'll be missing him terribly.
More pings to an inspiring article
"HATING HORATIO"
I thought this thread was about that dumb ass on CSI Miami. Geez, what a poor excuse for an actor.
A Medal for Horatius
The True Story
(By Colonel W C Hall, printed in the British Army Journal January 1953.)
Rome, II Calends, April CCCLX
SUBJECT: Recommendation for Senate Medal of Honor
TO: Department of War, Republic of Rome
I. Recommend Caius Horatius, Captain of Foot, CMCMXIV, for the Senate Medal of Honor.
II. Captain Horatius has served XVI years, all honorable.
III. On the II day of March, during the attack on the city by Lars Porsena of Clausium and his Tuscan Army of CMX men, Captain Horatius, with Sergeant Sporius Laritus and Corporal Julius Herminius, held the entire Tuscan army at the far end of the bridge, until the structure could be destroyed, thereby saving the city.
IV. Captain Horatius did valiantly fight and kill one Major Picus of Clausium in individual combat.
V. The exemplary courage and the outstanding leadership of Captain Horatius are in the highest tradition of the Roman Army.
JULIUS ANTINOUS,
Commander, II Foot Legion
Ist, Ind, AG IV Calends, April CCCLX
TO: G-III
For comment.
G.C.
IInd Ind, G-III IX Calends, May CCC
TO: G-II
I. For comment and forwarding.
II. Change end of paragraph III from "saving the city" to "lessened the effectiveness of the enemy attack." The Roman Army was well dispersed tactically; the reserve has not been committed. The phrase as written might be construed to cast aspersions on our fine army.
III. Change paragraph V from "outstanding leadership" to read "commendable initiative." Captain Horatius's command was II men, only I/IV of a squad.
J.D.
IIId Ind, G-II II Ides, June CCCLX
TO: G-I
I. Omit strength of Tuscan forces in paragraph III. This information is classified.
II. A report evaluated as B-II states that the officer was a Captain Picus of Tifernum. Recommend change to "an officer of the enemy forces."
J.H.
IVth Ind, G-I IX Ides, January CCCLXI
TO: JAG
I. Full name is Caius Claudius Horatius.
II. Change service from XVI to XV years. One year in Romulus Chapter BPOE, has been given credit for military service in error.
E.J.
Vth Ind, JAG II, February CCCLXI
TO: AG
I. The Porsena raid was not during wartime; the temple of Janus was closed.
II. The action against the Porsena raid, ipso facto, was a police action.
III. The Senate Medal of Honor cannot be awarded in peacetime (AB/CVIII-XXV, paragraph XII, C).
IV. Suggest consideration for Soldier's Medal.
P.B.
VIth Ind, AF IV Calends, April CCCLXI
TO: G-I
Concur in paragraph IV, Vth Ind.
L.J.
VIIth Ind, G-I I May CCCLXI
TO: AG
Soldier's medal is given for saving lives; suggest star of bronze as appropriate.
E.J.
VIIIth Ind, JAG II Calends, June CCCLXI
TO: JAG
For opinion.
G.C.
IXth Ind, JAG II Calends, September CCCLXI
I. XVIII months have elapsed since event described in basic letter. Star of bronze cannot be awarded after XV months have elapsed.
II. Officer is eligible for Papyrus Scroll with Metal Pendant.
P.B.
X Ind, AG I Calends, October CCCLXI
TO: G-I
For draft of citation for Papyrus Scroll with Metal Pendant.
P.B.
XI Ind, G-I III Calends, October CCCLXI
TO: G-II
I. Do not concur.
II. Our currently fine relations with Tuscany would suffer and current delicate negotiations might be jeopardized if publicity were given to Captain Horatius' actions at this time.
T.J.
XII Ind, G-II VI November CCCLXI
TO: G-I
A report rated D-IV, partially verified, states that Lars Porsena is very sensitive about the Horatius affair.
E.T.
XIIIth Ind, G-I X November CCCLXI
TO: AG
I. In view of information contained in preceding XI and XIII the endorsements, you will prepare immediate orders of Captain C. C. Horatius to one of our overseas stations (remote).
II. His attention will be directed to paragraph XII, POM, which prohibits interviews or conversations with newsmen prior to arrival at final destination.
L.T.
Rome II Calends, I April CCCLXII
SUBJECT: Survey, Report of, Department of War
TO: Captain Caius Caius Horatius, III Legion, V Phalanx, APO XIX, C/O Postmaster, Rome.
I. Your statements concerning the loss of your shield and sword in the Tiber River on III March CCCLX have been carefully considered.
II. It is admitted that you were briefly in action against certain unfriendly elements on that day. However, Sergeant Lartius and Corporal Herminius were in the same action and did not lose any government property.
III. The Finance Officer has been directed to reduce your next pay by II-I/IV talents (I-III/IV talents cost one each sword, officers; III/IV talent cost of one each shield, M-II).
IV. You are enjoined and admonished to pay strict attention to conservation of government funds and property. The budget must be balanced next year.
H. MARCUS AURELIUS
Lieutenant of Horse
Survey Officer
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That means that 57% of Americans are clinically deranged. On every measure - the stock markets, corporate profits, employment, inflation, spendable income, take your pick - the US economy is doing astoundingly well. How can people possibly disapprove? Yet they do. Because they are spoiled brats.
What is the defining characteristic of a spoiled brat? Ingratitude. And the defining characteristic of Big Journalism is exactly the desire to deny credit to those whose courageous decisiveness merits credit."It is not the critic who counts . . . the credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena - Theodore RooseveltAnd the self-same ingratitude is manifest in the socialist idea. Socialism is utterly inept at developing new products and new means of production because the entire premise of socialism is founded on mere second guessing. The socialist wants to take over succesful businesses, but will not even discuss, much less take credit for, the failed business ventures. The socialist is able only to identify the businesses which have succeeded, not those which will succeed. Give the socialist power, and he will destroy the process by which new products are developed.They want to do that now in the prescription drug field. Knowing, after the fact, which drugs are successful, they argue that the production of those particular drugs - even including the cost of testing and marketing them - are far less than the prices the companies charge for them. Neglecting the cost of all the failures which nobody knew beforehand would not be the successes. Limit the profit of the successes, and you reduce the number of successes because you reduce the number of failures, which alone lead to the successes.
That means that 57% of Americans are clinically deranged. On every measure - the stock markets, corporate profits, employment, inflation, spendable income, take your pick - the US economy is doing astoundingly well. How can people possibly disapprove? Yet they do. Because they are spoiled brats.
I wouldn’t chalk it up to 57% of Americans being nuts, but that 57% of Americans believe what is feed to them on the evening news.
That's been my impression.
Great post. Thank you for posting it. Wonder if a sub-headline "Bush Stands Alone" might get more readers. Hope Rush sees it.
This is quite possibly the best article I've read on FR ever. Thanks for posting it. We are indeed a nation of spoiled brats.
There are even people, mostly lefties, who say with a straight face that the Carter years were better for the economy than what we have today.
Thank you for this article!
That's sure the truth. Good column, he sums up many aspects of this situation that have been bothering me - not just the partisan hysteria of the Dems, but the immature and completely divorced-from-reality attitude of many Americans, regardless of party.
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